| Satya Case | |
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| Court | Constitutional Court of Ecuador |
| Full case name | 1692-12-EP |
| Started | June 8, 2017 |
| Decided | May 29, 2018[1] |
Case 1692-12-EP, also known as the Satya case, is an Ecuadorian court case of alleged gender discrimination involving the name of a little girl.[2] Her two mothers were prevented from registering her in the Civil Registry of Ecuador using both their surnames. The legal case is presented as a case of gender discrimination due to her status as a child of a same-sex parent household.
The problem arose when the Civil Registry refused to register the child with the surnames of her two mothers: Helen Bicknell and Nicola Rothon, a British couple living in Ecuador who, at the time, had been together for 14 years. In August 2012, the couple filed a writ of amparo against the Civil Registry of Ecuador.[3]
On 29 May 2018, the Constitutional Court ruled in favor of Satya's mothers and gave the Civil Registry a period of 30 days to register the girl with her mothers' surnames. In addition, the Court ordered that, in the future, any child conceived through assisted reproductive technology will have to be registered regardless of whether they come from a heterosexual or same-sex parent household.[3]
- ^ "Sentencia de la Corte Constitucional en favor de Satya Bicknell-Rothon constituye un logro para la igualdad en derechos". Ombudsman's Office of Ecuador (in Spanish). 26 June 2018. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Conversatorio Caso Satya: el dictamen que podría hacer realidad los tipos de familia en Ecuador". INREDH Human Rights Foundation (in Spanish). 13 June 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ a b Rosero, Mariela (19 June 2018). "Registro Civil deberá inscribir a hijos de familias diversas, tras fallo sobre Satya". El Comercio (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2024.